Introduction
François Wertheimer (1947) is a French singer/songwriter, who took an interest in music at the Michelet de Vanves high school, where he befriended and worked with Jean-Michel Jarre.
Aged 19 François started writing musicals, which ultimately lead to the release of the album "Popera Cosmic Les Esclaves" in 1969. In 1970/1971 he released his first album appropriately titled "Wertheimer" on the avant-guarde label BYG records. In 1973 François Wertheimer was in a relationship with the popular French singer Barbara, for whom he wrote the lyrics on her 14th album "La Louve".
In 1974 Wertheimer worked on his "Gomina Comedie Rock" musical, and must have briefly met with Vangelis, who was working in the same studio on Claudio Baglioni's album "E Tu...". François heard Vangelis play, and they recorded the song ‘Pour Un Peu Mieux Que d’Habitude’, a nice ballad with evidently Vangelis playing on it as well. Together with ‘Saturne’ the song was released on a 7” single on the Sonopresse label.
After that François Wertheimer continued writing music and staging musicals, for instance releasing his album "Fermez Les Yeux" as well as staging the “L'Opéra Volant” in 1977. In 1983 he founded the multi-media company “Zygote” together with Agatha That Lang, which is now specialised in 3D films.
Tracklist and credits
- ‘Pour Un Peu Mieux Que d’Habitude’
composed by Vangelis Papathanassiou.
lyrics by François Wertheimer. - ‘Saturne’
composition and lyrics by François Wertheimer.
Vangelis is not credited for ‘Saturne’, but listening to the song reveals that Vangelis could also be playing on this song (uncredited), as some instruments used are very similar to those heard on Claudio Baglioni's album "E Tu...".
Discography
7” single
- 1974 Sonopresse/Aeroplane AP40145 France.
Some copies of the single are accompanied by a promotional press-sheet.
These songs were never issued on CD.
Recording studio
These songs are recorded in May 1974 in the Davout studio in Paris, France (the same studio where and around the same time when Vangelis worked with Claudio Baglioni on his “E Tu...” album).
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